Chapter 535
S.P. 788 - L.D. 1994
PART A
Sec. A-1. 10 MRSA §1527, sub-§1, ¶B,  as enacted by PL 1979, c. 572, §2, is amended to read:
B. Any registration concerning which on file when the Secretary of State shall receive receives a voluntary request for cancellation thereof from the registrant or the assignee of record . The cancellation must be in writing and recorded with the Secretary of State and accompanied by a filing fee of $10, payable to the Treasurer of State. The Secretary of State may prescribe a form for this purpose. The Secretary of State, upon the recording of a cancellation under this paragraph, shall issue an attested copy to the remitter of the instrument;
Sec. A-2. 13-B MRSA §1301, sub-§5,  as repealed and replaced by PL 1993, c. 680, Pt. A, §23, is amended to read:
5. Certificate of excuse.
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The Secretary of State, upon application by a corporation and satisfactory proof that it has ceased to carry on activities, shall file a certificate of that fact and shall give a duplicate certificate to the corporation. The corporation is then excused from filing annual reports with the Secretary of State as long as the corporation carries on no activities. Â The name of a corporation remains in the Secretary of State's record of corporate names and is protected for a period of 5 years following the filing of the certificate under this subsection.
Sec. A-3. 31 MRSA §7,  as corrected by RR 2001, c. 2, Pt. B, §48 and affected by §58, is amended to read:
Sections 1 and 2 do not apply to corporations , limited partnerships or limited liability companies. A corporation desiring to do business under an assumed name shall proceed file a statement as provided in Title 13-C, section 404 . A limited partnership desiring to do business under an assumed name shall file a statement as provided in section 1308, subsection 2. A limited liability company desiring to do business under an assumed name shall file a statement as provided in section 605-A.
Sec. A-4. 31 MRSA §751, sub-§8,  as amended by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. WWW, §24 and affected by §37, is further amended to read:
8. Articles of organization or amendment; certificate of cancellation.
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For filing of articles of organization under section 622, a fee of $175; articles of amendment under section 623, except as provided in subsection 6, a fee of $50; a certificate of cancellation under section 625, a fee of $75; and restated articles of organization under section 623, subsection 6, a fee of $80; and a certificate of merger or consolidation under section 744, a fee of $100;
Sec. A-5. 31 MRSA §751, sub-§24,  as amended by PL 2003, c. 631, §62, is further amended to read:
24. Certificate of merger or consolidation.
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Certificate of merger or consolidation of a limited liability company with another type of business entity as provided by section 741-A 744, a fee of $150;
Sec. A-6. 31 MRSA §1460, sub-§9,  as enacted by PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2, is amended to read:
9. Foreign limited partnerships.
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For filing of an application for authority to do business as a foreign limited partnership under section 1412, a fee of $250 , and for . For a certificate of amendment under section 1412-A , to change the legal name of the foreign limited partnership, for a certificate of amendment under section 1412-A, subsection 2, paragraph A or B to admit a new general partner or to dissociate a general partner, respectively, or for a certificate of cancellation under section 1417, a fee of $90. For filing a certificate of amendment under section 1412-A, subsection 2, paragraph C or D to change the address of a general partner or to change the address of the registered or principal office, a fee of $35;
Sec. A-7. Effective date. This Part takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the Second Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature.